SUMMARY:

As a SAP Functional Consultant with over 10 years of experience in areas of Material Management (MM), Inventory Management (IM), Sales & Distribution (SD), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Warehouse Management (WM). Successfully completed four (4) full Life cycle implementations, from production support and upgrade as per the ASAP methodology. The SAP implementation industrial background includes telecommunication, entertainment and Public Sector and Aerospace and Defense (A& D) (Navy, Army and NASA). Extensive experience in developing process concepts in MM module integrating with CLM, SD, WM, PP, and IM.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

August 2011 to December 2011 Confidential, MD
Contractor - SAP MM/SD Training Lead

• Established a work plan and multi-disciplinary staffing for each phase of project, and arranged for assignment of project personnel.
• Created and maintained SAP training plans and curriculum
• Developed training material using RWD uPerform for role base training in areas of end-user responsibilities.
• Directed and coordinated activities of project personnel to ensure the project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Developed redefined Process Training using Adobe Captivate eLearning tool
• Supported Super Users in the development of end user training materials for a wide user community as part of TCW implementation of SAP ECC 6.0, with particular emphasis on the Supply Chain, Sales & Distribution and Purchase to Pay Processes.
• Developed training exercises to ensure that the end-users were comfortable with executing the SAP Transactions n ECC 6.0
• Assisted in creating CRM training materials for the Call-Center and Marketing staff
• Delivered end-users training to the Super Users (Train the Trainer) to ensure they understood the end-to-end process for SAP MM and SD.
• Created Business Process Procedures (BPP) as reference materials TCW can use as How-To documents if they ever have any problems with a SAP Transaction.
• Participated in preparing training material, training the trainer and delivering the training for accounts payable work processes
• Created documentation and curriculum materials that included, but are not limited to, eLearning, reference manuals, training scripts, course agendas, course exercises, and train-the-trainer programs.
• Lead Train-the-Trainer program

February 2010 to August 2011 Confidential,Houston, TX
Contractor - Senior SAP MM/PLM/SD Analyst

• Analyzed and documented business flow information to ensure system functionality meets Business Unit requirements for BOM Variant Configuration BOM
• Supported and troubleshoot issues that was related to SRM and procurement
• Test SRM and e-Sourcing functionality when identifying new suppliers for a specific category of purchasing requirements using Internet technology
• Configured and supported for SD functions such as order entry, billing, EDI, etc that interface with SAP Purchasing
• Functions as the liaison with the business regarding needs in the area of Order to Cash (SD) where it integrates with Purchasing
• Provided functional & technical expertise to the team for SAP work process, applications & products specifically for Accounts Payable
• Configured SAP within the accounts payable area including configurations related to vendor and inter/intracompany invoices, Payment Process and Payment Runs
• Extensive knowledge of SD, MM and FI/CO integration within SAP
• Created Vendor and Bank master data for Accounts Payable
• Gathered requirements and documents functional specifications - obtains approvals from the business, drives standards, utilizes a common design approach
• Created training materials and conducted training for SAP MM and SD teams
• Utilized HP QC to log results from testing scenarios; logged defects for the test steps that failed
• Modified SAP R/3 system configurations when the Impact Analysis calls for configuration changes
• Assisted in conducting gap analysis between business requirements and software
• Performed functional unit testing, creating test scripts and participating in integration testing with appropriate end-user and technical groups
• Defined Serialization Groups for printers that sales in batches
• Analyzed Ariba (e-commerce) issues that interface with SAP MM (Purchasing)
• Configure the EDI parameters that would transmit the orders from SAP to Ariba
• Wrote and performed test work scenarios dealing with the issue at hand
• Created variants for material that are frequently being used
• Configured warranty categories and types for HP Laptops and Printers
• Configured spare part indicators for customer profiles with extended warranties
• Resolved CLM issues when dealing with issues that was portal and NetWeaver related
• Test the SRM functionality when (connected to ECC 6, e-sourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Self-Service) to see if the correct values are coming across correctly.

October 2009 to January 2010 Confidential,Tulsa, OK
Contractor - Lead SAP MM/IM/WM Data Migration Architect ECC 6.0

• Worked closely with client technical team to identify data sources
• Closed coordination with functional teams to capture all data migration requirements
• Worked closely with Developers of new conversion programs and utilities as needed through ABAP or LSMW
• Extracted data from the Mainframe Systems and formatting the data to go into SAP using Informatica Power Center 7.0
• Mapped standard EDI transactions to IDocs, developing SAP solutions, and testing transactions
• Defined and managing integrations tasks, identify and resolve integrations issues, identify and mitigate integration risks
• Created WM configuration document detailing all configuration entries in support of Warehouse Master Data, Strategies, Activities, and movement types
• Utilized the IBM DataStage tool for extraction of data from the legacy system
• Held workshops to map data from the legacy system to SAP fields
• Configured Handling Units for the purpose of receiving and packing in the Warehouse
• Uploaded aircraft wings drawings in the SAP Product Data Management (PDM) System
• Attached aircraft wings drawings to the SAP contracts that they are associated with

July 2009 to October 2009 Confidential,Sioux Falls, SD
Contractor - SAP MM/IM Functional Support Analyst - ECC 6.0

• Supported existing Farmland’s SAP MM Procure to Pay (P2P) design, setup and configure SAP MM as necessary in support of product and program launches and updates within the SAP environments
• Assisted in creation of extending materials to different plants
• Troubleshot SAP printing issues
• Configured and troubleshoot RF Guns for warehouse picking
• Configured Automatic and Manual Transfer Order creation to handle Goods Receipt Goods Issue
• Assisted the receiving staff in doing goods receipts, reversals and transfers in SAP using 101, 102, 931, 932 and other movement types that was necessary
• Configured HU (Handling Unit) for fresh pork that was shipped to cold storage warehouse locations then to processing sites
• Configured HU for all the fresh pork ingredients to the production floors and other storage units
• Coordinated and solved complex purchasing, receiving and invoice block processes and transformation issues
• Configured release strategies for Purchase Orders and Purchase Requisitions
• Created and maintained WM detailed business design, functional specification, and configuration documents in SAP Solution Manager
• Configured Storage types Storage Sections Storage Bin types and Storage bin structure
• Designed and implemented stock placement strategies, Picking strategies, and Replenishment strategies for Make to Order (MTO) and Make to Stock (MTS) items
• Integrated EDI processes for vendors and work on projects to implement EDI processes for new vendors
• Assisted in troubleshooting production issues related to material plants, storage locations and ready room
• Supported Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes when grocery stores order different types of hams
• Assisted in marking material for deletion and disable MRP from creating PR by setting them to ND in the MRP 1 View
• Created and test Stock Transport Orders (STO) for intercompany transaction using different company codes
• Created How-To training documentation for the end-users to use as reference guides

March 2009 to July 2009 Confidential,Canton, MA
Contractor - SAP M/IM Functional Support Analyst IS Retail/AFS

• Created blueprinting documents for the following processes: Customer Master, Seasonal Orders, Multi Store Orders, Intercompany Selling and Foreign Trade
• Wrote Functional Design Specification for POS Data Management, Inventory Management and Price Management
• Used radiofrequency terminals to read the pallets’ barcodes in the inbound and outboundprocesses to and from the warehouses which interfaced to WM in SAP
• Wrote Functional Specifications to define the configuration for Batch Management LIFO and FIFO
• Spent approximately a month in Berlin Germany gathering business requirements, creating business process flow charts using Visio and developing functional design specifications
• Configured workflow in SAP for Purchase Orders and invoices over allowed amounts
• Made appropriate changes to the configuration in SAP MM referencing Vendors, Materials, UOM, payment terms, adding plants and tax codes for sales and purchases; from the Impact Analysis (IA), functional design specification (FDS) and the requirements document that supports the requested changes
• Analyzed and troubleshoot make to order, MRP run, seasonal orders, sell from stock, delivery, transportation and intercompany selling
• Used radiofrequency terminals to read the pallets’ barcodes in the inbound and outboundprocesses to and from the warehouses which interfaced to WM in SAP
• Provided end-user training to the CSR and Supervisors
• Created test scripts for the following entities: rebates and commissions, returns, billing, pricing and foreign trade
• Supported SAP EBP 3.0 for customers who was purchasing bulks of items online

October 2007 to February 2009 - Confidential, Marlton, NJ - CSC
Fulltime - MM/ PP Production Support Aerospace and Defense Solution - ECC 6.0

• Completed full lifecycle implementation of MM/IMWM/PP version ECC 6.0
• Utilized GFEBS the web-enabled system that shared data across the Army to process goods and materials that was purchased
• Defined and managed storage areas and storage bins in the warehouse
• Supported end-users that utilized SOMARDS funding
• Utilized FI - Funds Management to set budget for expenses used for UNBW materials
• Supported CFO compliance for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
• Prepared financial statements when they did not align up with general ledger postings and IDOCs correspondence with SAP
• Configured Payment Card Processing, Pricing and Billing in the SD module
• Supported end-users who bought items from selected vendors that used Standard Finance System (STANFINS)
• Supported SAP CLM within the MM Module to match up material planning with labor planning
• Generated SAP CLM weekly reports to track of contracts performance, outline expected revenues and important contract deadlines
• Managed Contracts from initiation, creation, negotiation, and execution through to expiration using CLM cradle to the grave
• Developed a detailed documentation and a blueprint which had information about the client process relevant to WM and the specifications about storage locations, storage types, storage sections, storage bin structures and bin types, storage unit types and automatic bin creation
• Interacted with the client and set up the WM field values for over 180,000 materials that come under Army Reserve
• Configured the organizational structures relevant to WM including master data, manual stock placement strategy, storage bin types, storage unit types and handling unit management for packing
• Performed Requirements/Gap Analysis; resolved Gaps; customized system; provided knowledge transfer to User Community and Develop Documentation
• Developed test scripts and supported business coordination of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Defined system scope and objectives as well as the content of necessary documentation
• Resolved SAP defects via SAP OSS (Online Support System) and system errors via a working knowledge of the integration with other SAP modules
• Analyzed and defined the material master, bill of materials, work centers, routing, rate routing, line hierarchies and production versions
• Customized the SAP-PP Transaction Help Manual as per Onsite needs for easy application monitoring & accessing
• Documented GFP/GFM including condition, serial number, national stock number, value and the date the GFP/GFM will be delivered or available for pickup by the contractor.
• Provided any required instructions for spare parts provisioning technical documentation in accordance with Army procedures.
• Prepared detailed functional specifications for development activities including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms
• Identified and resolved project-related issues; Analyzed business processes and recommended SAP MM/PP best practices, and provided concept and detailed designs
• Performed integration testing to insure new functionality and enhancements don’t adversely affect existing functionality

November 2004 October 2007 Confidential, Huntsville, AL
Contractor - SAP MM Procure-to-Pay Functional Analyst

• Completed full lifecycle implementation of MM version ECC 6.0
• Participated in the roll out of developed applications and help ensure the on time delivery of solution
• Keep configurations in synch across all production and development environments and document configuration decisions so that knowledge is retained
• Mapped Data of Material Maintenance objects, including but not limited to Material Master, Vendors, Info records and others
• Utilized SAP CLM to Source-to-Settle cycle and Quote-to-Cash cycle
• Integrated SAP CLM with Microsoft Office backend solution storing information of SharePoint
• Configured the Units of Measure and Payment Terms in PRISM to help develop a crosswalk to and from SAP
• Developed and provided System Requirement Documents and Systems External Specifications documents to the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and System test groups, to assist with testing scenarios
• Document configuration decisions as the basis for end-user documentation and training material
• Empowerment to make decisions on functional, process or operational changes
• Assisted in troubleshooting BAPI_PO_CREATE1 for Service Purchase Requisitions
• Fosters global approach· with the coordination of activities across business process teams (i.e., Requisition to Pay to Finance) where applicable
• Developed functionality, conceptual design, and layout to meet business requirements
• Served as the project’s Defect Manager for Conference Room Pilot (CRP) test
• Facilitated of As-Is process studies
• Gap identification , resolution and functional design
• Assisted with Accounts Payable and Receivables reconciliations and supported purchasing function, purchase order maintenance, purchase order clean up and goods receiving against purchase orders

Data Conversion Tasks

• Mapped data fields and perform formatting for data acceptance in new application
• Performed reconciliation and ensure data integrity of all conversion activity
• Formulated data conversion plans, schedules, issues lists, to do lists, and action sheets, being utilized for a full life-cycle of major SAP system
• Prepared SAP Data Conversion specifications and requirements, making use of tools for data profiling, data mapping, data parsing, data verification, and data migration

CMM Training Lead

• Established and maintained training instance/client
• Utilized RWD Info Pak to create training manuals and End-User Procedures (EUP)
• Identified refresh strategy and procedures
• Identified Training IDs and map to each PC (working with Training Coordinator and Site Leads)
• Loaded dedicated system with system test data
• Test training environment
• Defined and confirmed training exercise data requirements
• Confirmed training environment refresh/restore schedule
• Test training environment
• Test training IDs using LDAP & security
• Load training exercise data in training environment

Business Analyst Tasks

• Test and supported of complex SAP ABAP programming solutions to meet requirements
• Documented every step according to the NASA project adopted standards
• Built solutions in FI/CO, HR, and MM according to NASA business requirements
• Assisted in fully, clearly and accurately documenting new systems and process for NASA
• Assisted in gap analysis between NASA business requirements and SAP functionality, reviewed and adopted new functionality in SAP
• Reviewed NASA business process requirements and suggested further enhancements and improvements where possible
• Received and resolved programming defects and/or change requests

January 2004 November 2004 - Acclaim Systems -Confidential, Greenbelt, MD
Contractor - SAP MM Procurement - Aerospace and Defense

• Short term assignment in a support role then transferred to the Competency Center
• Conducted design workshops with the client and captured the business requirements for the materials management module
• Configured the Purchase requisition and Purchase order release strategy
• Establishing the whole procurement Cycle from automatic creation of Requisitions from MRP run to automatic PO creation
• Created new message conditions and message determination for purchase orders
• Configured EDI and IDOC functionality for use with Purchase Orders
• Account determination for materials management with integration of FI/CO module
• Identified the integrated business scenarios for integration testing and created the test scenarios and did the testing.
• Designed single level and multi level Subcontracting process using MRP areas

October 2002 December 2003 Confidential, Maryland

• Completed full lifecycle implementation of WM/PM/MM version ECC 6.0
• Wrote Functional Design Specification for Functional Location in Plant Maintenance and Material Maintenance module
• Completed CI (Customer Interface) Templates for Functional Location
• Worked with key users to develop all Maintenance Task Lists for Equipment, Functional Locations and General Tasks
• Built the hierarchies for all Functional Location structures throughout the plant. This process included all Locations, Equipment and Bills of Material (BOM)
• Created One Time Vendor (OTV) and run material procurement cycle as in practical environment
• Integrated with FI-Funds Management to make sure budgets was NOT exceeded when purchasing materials
• Hands on experience in procure to pay process right from Determination of requirements, Quotation maintenance, Vendor allocation, Processing PO, Goods Receipt and Invoice Verification to Payment
• Configured SAP to track Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) for Contractors issued equipment
• Configured the Material Master Data (material groups, material types, field selection groups) and Vendor Master Data (field status for vendor account groups, partner determination schema, account groups, partner functions)
• Configured Release Procedure with Classification for Purchase Orders by interacting with Workflow consultants
• Inventory Management: Managed material stock by quantity/value, goods issue, stock movement documentation/reservation/ physical inventory, stock transfer
• Configured the Inventory Management of goods at the points of receipt and issue for all stock categories and special stocks vs. pipeline, stock transfers, returnable transport packaging for GFEs
• Processed transfer postings and special stocks in Inventory Management i.e., sub-contracting, third-party and vendor consignment
• Utilized Consumption Based Planning for forecasting materials used from prior year to project future use
• Configured and utilized movement types, cycle counting the physical inventory, and posting the cycle count variance
• Configured invoice verification for automatic posting for goods receipt, set tolerance limits, blocked invoices, and released invoices
• Assisted the key users in building the Maintenance business processes for four shops (Assembly, Body, Facilities & Paint) using the ARIS toolset
• Performed knowledge transfer and support for colleagues
• Wrote Test Scenarios

Data Conversion Tasks

• Developed functional specifications for conversion processes for a set of data objects
• Catalyzed and drove field mapping and functional specification workshops leveraging work stream resources for deep functional knowledge
• Planned conversion test for a set of data objects
• Executed conversion testing and detailed conversion steps for a set of data objects
• Assisted with data validation and defect resolution
• Supported data pre-cleansing (including harmonization/standardization)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

BS in Computer and Information Systems
MS in Computer Engineering with research area of High Performance Computing with Signal and Image Processing